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Apple surely can see the complete catalog of The Who that I have in my library, including the vinyl albums that I’ve ripped. Not that the Music app could see it
by mikestew 3y ago
Apple surely can see the complete catalog of The Who that I have in my library, including the vinyl albums that I’ve ripped. Not that the Music app could see it, but Apple could also see the eye-watering amounts of money we’ve spent on tickets to watch 75 year old men prance around on stage (via the tickets from the last three tours in Wallet).
So what’s the first song played on this new Discovery station? “Who Are You?” by…wait for it…The Who. Whether you’re a Who fan or not, is there anyone walking this planet over the age of 21 that hasn’t heard that song?
- rbanffy 3y agoI'd imagine it's a continuous process of adjustment, so, unless you liked the song explicitly, or never skipped it, or gave it five stars, it might be wanting to self-calibrate by trying to figure out how much you like it (there are Who songs I don't care much about). It might inject such songs into your stream for tracking changes in your taste - 1991 me would love Enigma and Dead or Alive much more than 2023 me. So far, the New Music playlist it assembles for me has been pretty good.
- mikestew 3y agoYeah, I'm just kind of ranting a bit after an extremely disappointing OOBE. It's early days, and I expect it to improve. But, man, it's almost like the punchline in some TV sitcom, where the father decides to use this "new music" thing, and the first thing it pulls up is a song that Dad got sick of thirty years ago. <laugh track ensues>
- rbanffy 3y agoTrue. It could make these self-calibration tasks more explicit in the UI. It's really asking you to do something for it.
- dharmab 3y agoI'm in my 30s and haven't heard that song.
- goosedragons 3y agoNever watched CSI either I guess?
- dharmab 3y agoNope
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- CharlesW 3y ago> Apple surely can see the complete catalog of The Who that I have in my library, including the vinyl albums that I’ve ripped. So I like this station, but it will sometimes suggest songs that are already in a playlist but from a different album. That is, it appears to think that "(Don’t Go Back to)" from Reckoning and The Best of R.E.M. are different. I just want the best version of a song. If the band-approved "best of" remaster is better than the one on the original album, I want the remaster. If the choice is between an Apple Lossless CD rip and a new spatial audio mix, ask me.
- justsomehnguy 3y agoThanks, it's all I needed to know.
- HumblyTossed 3y agoSiri must be in charge.